What a weekend. It is always busy at the America’s Family Pet Expo at the OC fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. The dates were April 17th to 19th. I shared a booth with my friend Dr. Annie Forslund, who does pet euthanasia at home. I was so happy to meet some of my clients and patients. Wendy came by with “Einstein” who has progressive degenerative myelopathy (His spine is getting progressively weaker). He had to be put on wheels this last year, and does pretty good! We did our best with Einstein to keep him ambulatory until he could not walk anymore. This was a joint effort between acupuncture/chiropractic and physical therapy. We had 5 demonstrations with the greyhound rescue group headed by Sharyn Deeringer. We even had a senior Shipperke coming by to get an acupuncture session.

Since I have been away from my practice in the last few months, couples of sad things have happened. Taking care of senior pets has its rewards; unfortunately all good things must come to an end. Sandee Rough lost Baron and Marion Anderson lost Murphy. They both went very fast due to rapid onset of serious disease. On another note, Connie Clyde had to put to sleep her kitty Max due to advanced chronic renal failure, he was 20 years old.

They will be missed. I am very happy to have made a difference in their quality of life during the years I have treated them.

Look at this great clip on acupuncture for kids on GOOD MORNING AMERICA :

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=12826245&ch=4226723&src=news

Not available anymore 5/22/09

Some of Dr Goulard's patients

My own little family

Meet the crew!

Aren't they looking good?

Dedication to Rudee

You said cats could not receive acupuncture? Rudee learned pretty fast to stay in place and soon enjoyed every acupuncture session. Rudee shown here was 17 years old at the time. We started acupuncture on Rudee for a paralyzed tail which got back to normal within 2 days! Then we realized the treatments were also making his back comfortable. Rudee lived another year before getting so sick he had to be put to sleep.

To you my patients and your parents!

Hi everyone.

I wanted to find a way of sharing some of the great stories I come across during my housecall visits, post my patients pictures and post some information pertinent to my practice. So here you go! I now have a blog, and will regularly update it with your fantastic stories.